A federal jury in Marshall, Texas, on Friday awarded pc reminiscence firm Netlist $118 million in damages from Samsung Electronics in a patent lawsuit over expertise for bettering information processing in high-performance reminiscence merchandise.
The decision follows a $303 million verdict in opposition to Samsung for Irvine, California-based Netlist in a associated case final 12 months.
Netlist additionally gained $445 million from chipmaker Micron in Could in a separate lawsuit over among the similar patents.
Spokespeople for Samsung and Netlist didn’t instantly reply to requests for touch upon the Friday verdict. The jury additionally decided that Samsung’s infringement was willful, which might result in a decide rising the award by as much as 3 times.
Netlist sued Samsung in 2022, alleging that the Korean tech big’s reminiscence modules utilized in cloud computing servers and different data-intensive expertise infringed its patents. Netlist mentioned its improvements improve the facility effectivity of reminiscence modules and allow customers to “derive helpful data from huge quantities of information in a shorter interval.”
Samsung denied the allegations, arguing that the patents had been invalid and that its expertise labored in a different way than Netlist’s innovations.
Samsung has additionally filed a associated lawsuit in Delaware federal courtroom accusing Netlist of breaking an obligation to supply honest licenses for expertise required to adjust to worldwide requirements.
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